Physical Education GCSE
Heart chamber and valve structure
What Heart chamber and valve structure means in Physical Education GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Heart chamber and valve structure
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The atria and ventricles are the chambers, and the bicuspid, tricuspid and semilunar valves open and close to keep flow one-way.
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